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Spaceship Earth

A Biosphere 2 employeetold NBC News the peoplerunning the project are an odd groupof...

A Biosphere 2 employee
told NBC News the people
running the project are an odd group
of individuals

Full Transcript

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A Biosphere 2 employee told NBC News
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the people running the project
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are an odd group of individuals.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
47
Timestamp in Movie
00:53:28
Uploaded
May 30, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Impact Partners,RadicalMedia,Stacey Reiss Productions

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Movie Summary

A look at the group of people who built the Biosphere 2, a giant replica of the earth's ecosystem, in 1991.
‐ They don't really strike me as scientists, - Spaceship Earth 00:12
‐ They don't really strike me as scientists,
‐ The appetite for sensationalism - Spaceship Earth 00:05
‐ The appetite for sensationalism
Describing complex projects doesn't sell papers. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
Describing complex projects doesn't sell papers.
‐ Did you feel attacked? ‐ Well, I was attacked, - Spaceship Earth 00:08
‐ Did you feel attacked? ‐ Well, I was attacked,
[laughs] - Spaceship Earth 00:12
[laughs]
‐ Frankly, I don't know any human organization - Spaceship Earth 00:14
‐ Frankly, I don't know any human organization
We are hardwired to create cults - Spaceship Earth 00:08
We are hardwired to create cults
‐ From here to Mars! ‐ How exciting. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
‐ From here to Mars! ‐ How exciting.
[laughter] - Spaceship Earth 00:15
[laughter]
‐ Our play was everything that could go wrong - Spaceship Earth 00:11
‐ Our play was everything that could go wrong
[laughter] - Spaceship Earth 00:17
[laughter]
[ominous music] - Spaceship Earth 00:11
[ominous music]
‐ How can you prepare yourself for something - Spaceship Earth 00:07
‐ How can you prepare yourself for something
‐ We can be a threat to our biosphere, - Spaceship Earth 00:11
‐ We can be a threat to our biosphere,
‐ [laughs] - Spaceship Earth 00:06
‐ [laughs]
[gentle music] - Spaceship Earth 00:06
[gentle music]
It was just to wash all the air, thinking, - Spaceship Earth 00:15
It was just to wash all the air, thinking,
‐ The reality that it was just the eight of us - Spaceship Earth 00:11
‐ The reality that it was just the eight of us
We were the first Biospherians. - Spaceship Earth 00:05
We were the first Biospherians.
There was also this pride. - Spaceship Earth 00:04
There was also this pride.